Youth coaching

Einstein said “Imagination is more important that knowledge“.

In the context of NLP coaching, young people are often a long way ahead of the game. A childish approach to life has many benefits, such as loads of self generated freedom, presentness and a talent for letting go.

An empowered mind = an empowered future

Coaching at the level of belief and identity is powerful, and even more powerful when we are young. In our early years we look to those we respect to make meaning of the world, furiously modelling their behaviour of those around us, soaking in their patterns and beliefs. We are literally building the foundation of our identity and so our experience of life, making new neural connections and maps at a miraculous rate.

Whether you think you can or you can’t, what you expect from yourself and others, and how you approach life is driven by the meaning you have given to your history. It’s not your history in and of itself that predicts your future. Rather, it’s the meanings and emotions you have attached to those events that are the driving forces.

Shift before you rust

Adults can find unhelpful beliefs, attitudes and patterns of behaviour difficult to shift. After years of practice, your identity, lifestyle and relationships can be built on a set of beliefs and emotions that do not serve you. When that happens, you may forcefully resist the change you are crying out for.

The ball-game can change dramatically if you shed disempowering meanings, beliefs and patterns before they become entrenched in adulthood. Helping a young person change disempowering meanings and beliefs to empowering ones can see them approach life, relationships and a career with a whole different level of self belief and enthusiasm. Young people often find that process easy as they are adept at:

• letting old ideas go
• using their imaginations to create empowering states and meanings, and
• imagining exciting and vibrant futures.

How it works

Our Youth Coaching Programs have similar touch points as our NLP Coaching, with an emphasis on shifting meaning and creating an exciting vision for the future.

The format of the coaching varies depending upon the aim of the coaching, the age and needs of the young person and his/her parent or carer. Strong rapport and fun are essential and it is important everyone feels these goals are being achieved.

What will change?

As for NLP Coaching, changes can be wide and deep, with benefits including improvements in:

• self esteem
• confidence
• engagement with peers and family
• learning capability
• debilitating fears and phobias.

Contact Dare2XL now to discuss whether a Youth Coaching Program is the answer you or a young person in your life has been looking for.